Ironing-board



S. G. HORN. IRONING BOARD.

(No Model.)

No. 446,776. Patented Feb 17, 1891.

WITNESSES: 5?.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOHOOLER O. HORN, OF BLADENSBURG, OHIO.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,776, dated February17', 1891.

Application filed November 3, 1890- Serial No. 370,235. (N0 model) Toall whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ScHooLER 0. 11mm, of Bladensburg, in the county ofKnox and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inIroning-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in ironing-boards for ironing shirts; andthe invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the board. Fig. 2 is adetail view of the holding device for the clamp; and Fig. 3 is a detailView illustrating the neck-block, its expander, and the embracing band.

The bosom-board A tapers from end to end, widening toward its upper end,and the sides and lower end of the board are grooved at a to receive theclamping-bail B. The bail B is formed with lower and side rods 7)b,which fit in grooves a and with a top cross-rod B, which is adapted atO to engage the notches (l of the spring D. This spring D is secured atone end to the board A, and is provided on one side, near its oppositeend, with notches, as shown, which notches may be formed in a separatepiece secured to the spring or be made in apiece integral with thespring, if so desired. When the wire clamp has been drawn up and engagedin a notch 61, the spring D will serve to hold such clamp and alsoexerta stress thereon to secure it tightly in its grooves to hold theshirt firmly to the board and resist the stress of the iron in smoothingout the neckband on the neck-block presently described. The neck-block Fis formed with a fixed section F, a movable section F and an expander Gbetween such sections F F, whereby the neck-block may be expanded toadjust it to fit the neckband. This expander G consists, preferably, ofthe threaded bearing f in the section F and a screw H, journaled at oneend in section F and having its other-end threaded in bearing f and thescrew is provided with a hand-wheel H, by which it may be turned to setthe section F away from or toward the section F. This screw operates toexpand the neck-block to fit the collar-band and to secure it in suchexpanded position, requiring no separate fastening device to hold theblock expanded and avoiding any slipping back of the section F after ithas been adjusted out to proper position.

In order to cover the spaces between the sections F F when the block isexpanded, I provide a flexible plate I, embracing the neckblock. Thisplate furnishes a firm bearing for the iron at points between theseparated edges of sections F F when the neck-block is expanded.

In the use of my board it will be seen that l by the improved neck-blockhaving the expander between its sections'the neckband may be quickly andeasily stretched back to proper shape and size after the shrinkage ofsuch band. It will also be seen that the improved board serves toproperly shape the shirtbosom and neokband before the iron is applied,and that in the application of the iron the clamp serves to resist thepressure of such iron while the latter is pressing the neck band.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Anironing-boardhavingits sides and ends grooved, and the clamp providedwith a top cross-bar and having its side and lower crossbars fitted tothe edge groove of the board, combined with the spring secured to theboard and having notches for engagement by the top cross-bar of theclamp, substantially as set forth.

SOHOOLER O. HORN.

Witnesses:

JOHN V. WILLIAMs, A. 0. SMITH.

